Thorius lunaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Thorius
Species: Thorius lunaris

Name

Thorius lunaris Hanken & Wake, 1998

Type locality: "1.5 km by road west of Texmola, on southwestern slopes of Volcán Orizaba, Veracruz, México, elevation 2640 m".

Holotype: MVZ 183292.

References

• Hanken and Wake, 1998, Copeia, 1998: 318.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Thorius lunaris
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Thorius lunaris. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Thorius lunaris  (Endangered) Downloaded on 1 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Orizaba Minute Salamander